SpaceX First Recycled Rocket Soars With Recycled Capsule

SpaceX — one of two private shippers contracted by NASA — has been making station supply runs since 2012

Published December 15, 2017•Updated on December 15, 2017 at 3:51 pm

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SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket company, launched the first recycled rocket with a recycled capsule Friday in Florida to deliver groceries to the International Space Station for NASA, CNBC reported.

It was NASA's first use of a reused rocket and it holds nearly 5,000 pounds of goods, including mice for a muscle-wasting study, a first-of-its-kind impact sensor for measuring space debris as minuscule as a grain of sand and barley seeds for a germination experiment, CNBC reported.

SpaceX — one of two private shippers contracted by NASA — has been making station supply runs since 2012.